小王子 Le Petit Prince‧Chap23

「早安！」小王子說。
「早安！」商人回答。
這是一個賣解渴藥丸的商人，只要一個禮拜吞一顆這種藥丸，你會覺得整個禮拜不需要喝任何東西。


「你為什麼賣這些藥丸呢？」小王子問。

商人說：「因為這很節省時間。根據專家統計，有了這些藥丸，一個人、一個禮拜可以省下五十三分鐘。」

「那我要把這五十三分鐘拿來做什麼？」小王子問。

「你想做什麼就做什麼...」商人說。

小王子自言自語的說：「如果是我，有這五十三分鐘可以想做什麼就做什麼，那麼我想從容走向一池清新的泉水...」

"Good morning," said the little prince.

"Good morning," said the merchant.

This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.

"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.

"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."

"And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"

"Anything you like . . ."

"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."

註：《小王子》是法國童話，法文原書名為Le Petit Prince，作者是聖艾修伯里，1943年在紐約出版，被譯成超過 180種語言，銷售量超過8千萬冊，還有拍成電影和動畫片、改編成話劇和音樂劇演出。

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